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Topic: Facebook Page, wrong name (Read 3046 times)

Today I received a call from my aunt, a Smith by birth.She doesn't like the name and wanted to know why I named it the way I did.So I old her that I named it that because it was alphabetical.She said," No, it was always the Smith reunion and was only changed when Aunt Jane Jones died to make it more Jones friendly".Aunt Jones was a Smith before she was married.

All I ever remember it being called was the Jones-Smith or Smith-Jones Reunion, always interchangeable that way.So, I changed the name.

Now my cousin, a Smith, not a Jones commented that I should combine the names, Smies or Jonth.I'm not going to do that.I've already changed it once.Should I let Aunt take over the administration of this page or just ignore future comments.

Ignore it. You've done nothing unreasonable. If someone has suggestions for how you can make it better and you like those suggestions, then use them. But, honestly your cousins suggestion sounds ridiculous--are you sure it wasn't meant as a joke?

I'd probably change it back to the way I had it before and tell the next complainer what I tell my husband and kids - You can ask me to do this and get it done my way or you can do it yourself and get it done your way. Not both.

"Reunion of the family that quarrels over whether to put Jones or Smith first."

That should really read: "Reunion of the family that quarrels over whether to put Smith or Jones first."

Haha!

I'll admit, I laughed.

Ignore your aunt. Unless this is an actual major event where you send out fliers and hang banners in the event center (I've had some family reunions like that) then it's not worth the fight.

Or you could just put whatever your last name is, and if you're married and it's not your DH's family, even better. Because if it's still fair to call it Jones-Smith when Aunt Jones was a Smith by birth, then you can certainly call it April-Jones-Smith, or even just April by the same logic.